Combined hat, coat, and trousers rack.



APPLICATION FILED AUG-Z7 19H.

Patented June 4, 1918.

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I Specification or Letters iratent "P t t June 4, 1913,

Application filed August-27, 1917. Serial No. 188,516.

I of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Hat, Coat, and Trousers Racks, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My lnventlon relates to an improved com bined hat, coat and trousersrack, and consists in the novel construction and combination of partshereinafter described and particularly designated in the appended claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a compact, cheap and simpledevice which will be reliable and efiicient during use as a combinedhat, coat and trousers hanger or rack; and which will keep the trouserscreased when same are hung between the flexible arms of the device.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through the flexible arms of the device,the section being taken on the line 33 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. at is a side-elevation of a modified form of the supportingbracket, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the latter.

The numeral 1 designates a supportingbracket, which (as shown in Figs. 1and 2) consists of an integral piece of sheet metal doubled upon itselfat about the center of its length and thereat provided withvertically-alined hinge-knuckles 2 having vertically-alined bearings inwhich is removably located the vertical pintle 3 of the S-shapedcombined pintle and hat and coat hangerarm 4:.

The said supporting-bracket 1 is to be secured to the wall, or to theinside of a closet door, or elsewhere as desired, by means of theoppositely-pro-jecting flanges 5, which are perforated at 6 for thepassage of suitable screws or nails used in securing the bracket to thedesired object during use.

The upper end of the said part 4 is provided with a ball or kn'ob 7 offinished appearance, upon which the hat may be hung without danger ofinjury to hat.

A metalli hinge-leaf 8 is provided with a hinge-knuckle 9, which fitsloosely in an opening formed to receive it between saidver'tically-alined hinge-knuckles 2 of the said supporting-bracket 1,and the said vertical pintle 3 of the said combined S-shaped pintle andhat and garment hanger-arm l passes loosely through thevertically-alined pintle-bearings of the said knuckles 2 and 9, andthereby pivotally connects the said hinge-leaf 8 to the said supportingbracket.

There are rovided a series of pairs of parallel flexible-arms 10, whichmay be made of Wood or metal, and which are spaced apart by means ofshort blocks or pieces of material 11 at one end, and all secured firmlytogether by suitable bolts or similar clamping-devices 12 passed throughapertures in the said flexible arms, the blocks 11, and the saidhinge-leaf 8, which latter is located and clamped between the centralflexiblearms, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

Said pairs of flexible-arms 10 are thus detachably hinged to the saidsupportingbracket 1, so that the free ends of said arms may be swungaround in a horizontal plane, and be used as a hanger for trousers orother articles such as ladies skirts, which are to be placed in thespaces between said arms, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3,the resiliency of said arms acting to force the latter into yieldingcontact with such articles, with the result that the articles placedbetween said arms will be pressed thereby and caused to retain theirproper shape, until removed for wearing as garments.

My invention, when not in use, may be knocked down and folded intosmaller space, by removing the vertical pintle 2, and thereby detachinthe flexible arms from their supporting-bracket.

Owing to the fact that the said flexible arms are hinged to saidbracket, as described above, the arms carrying the garments may be swungin any desired direction, out of the way.

In Figs. 4: and 5, the supporting-bracket is made of .an integral pieceof material with horizontal arms 13 having alined perforations 14Lthrough which the vertical pintle 3 is passed, to detachably hinge thesaid knuckle 9 of the said hinge-leaf 8 to the bracket, when this formof bracket is used.

The operation and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent,with further description.

Small changes in the form and proportion of the parts of the device maybe madeby a skilled mechanic Without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention.

I claim:

An improved hat, coat and trousers rack, consisting of a suitablesupporting-bracket having vertically=a1ined pintle-bearings and meanswhereby said bracket may be secured to a Wall or other object; a hingemember having a perforated knuckle and located between saidpintle-bearings of said bracket; a series of flexible arms; blocksplaced ibetween said arms to space same apart at like ends; bolts forclamping said blocks and said arms together; and an S-shaped combinedpintle andgarinent hanger-arm, having its pintle passed through saidvertically-allned bearings of said bracket and through the perforationof the said hinge-member, to hingedly connect said hinge-member to thesaid bracket, While the horizontal portion of the said arm extends abovethe plane of said flexible arms, to act as a swinging hat hanger or as ahanger for other articles.

In testimony whereof, I have'signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. vlVIoDO'NiiLD.

.Witnesses: FRANCES HooOvnn RosnNBAUn,

JOHN O. HIGDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' wsphington, 13.10,"

